Editing David Strathairn (section)

===Theater===
Strathairn is also a stage actor and has performed over 30 theatrical roles. He performed several roles in stage plays by [[Harold Pinter]]. He played Stanley in two consecutive New York [[Classic Stage Company]] (CSC) productions of Pinter's 1957 play ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'', directed by [[Carey Perloff]] (since 1992 artistic director of the [[American Conservatory Theater]]), in 1988<ref name="BP88">Performance revs. by Susan Hollis Merritt, "The Birthday Party" ([[Classic Stage Company|CSC]] Repertory Theatre, New York, April 17, 1988, April 12, 1988 – May 22, 1988) and Bernard Dukore, "The Birthday Party" (CSC Repertory Theatre, New York, April–May 1988), ''The Pinter Review'' 2.1 (1988): 66–70; 71–73. (Cover photograph features Strathairn in his role as Stanley.)</ref> and 1989;<ref name="BP89">[http://www.haroldpinter.org/plays/frn_bdayparty_us89.shtml 1989 CSC production], ''HaroldPinter.org'' (official site), accessed August 7, 2007.</ref> the dual roles of prison Officer and Prisoner in Pinter's 1989 play ''[[Mountain Language]]'' (in a double bill with the second CSC Rep production of ''The Birthday Party'');<ref name="TPRinterv">Susan Hollis Merritt, "A Conversation with [[Carey Perloff]], Bill Moor, [[Peter Riegert]], [[Jean Stapleton]], and David Strathairn: After Matinee of ''[[Mountain Language]]'' and ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'' by [[Classic Stage Company|CSC]] Repertory Ltd., Bruno's, New York, Nov. 12, 1989", ''The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1989'' (TPR) (Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1989) 59–84 (interview); cf. performance rev. by Francis Gillen, "[[Mountain Language]], [[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]" ''TPR'' 93–97. (Cover photograph features Strathairn and Stapleton in their roles as a prison Officer and the Elderly Woman in ''Mountain Language''; his other role, the Prisoner, is the Elderly Woman's son.)</ref> [[Edwin Booth]] in a workshop production by W. Stuart McDowell at [[The Players (club)|The Players]] in 1989; Kerner, in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Hapgood (play)|Hapgood]]'' (1994); and Devlin, opposite [[Lindsay Duncan]]'s Rebecca, in Pinter's 1996 two-hander ''[[Ashes to Ashes (play)|Ashes to Ashes]]'' in the 1999 New York premiere by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]].<ref name="filmref">{{Cite web |title=David Strathairn Biography (1949-) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/David-Strathairn.html |access-date=May 29, 2021 |website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref><ref name="AANY">Performance revs. by Katherine H. Burkman, "''[[Ashes to Ashes (play)|Ashes to Ashes]]'' in New York: [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] at the Gramercy Theatre, March 30, 1999" and by Susan Hollis Merritt, "''Ashes to Ashes'' in New York: Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York, April 3, 1999", ''The Pinter Review: Collected Essays 1997 and 1998'' (Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1999) 154-59.</ref>

In 2015, Strathairn appeared in Anton Chekhov's ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' with Mary McDonnell at People's Light theater in Malvern, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People's Light Presents an Elegant Production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD – Theatre Sensation |url=http://www.theatresensation.com/index.cfm/reviews/peoples-light-presents-an-elegant-production-of-the-cherry-orchard/ |access-date=January 8, 2019 |website=www.theatresensation.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Season Archive – People's Light |url=https://www.peopleslight.org/whats-on/archive/?s=1443 |access-date=January 8, 2019 |website=www.peopleslight.org}}</ref> He lent his voice talents to an adaptation in the form of a radio play of [[Sinclair Lewis]]' ''[[It Can't Happen Here]]'' by the [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]] in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=It Can't Happen Here |url=https://berkeleyrep.org/season/2021/itcanthappenhere.asp |access-date=October 27, 2020 |publisher=Berkeley Repertory Theatre |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030221406/https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/2021/itcanthappenhere.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Strathairn plays [[Jan Karski]] in the one-man play ''Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski'', written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman. The play is an original production by The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University. In 2021, Strathairn garnered critical acclaim for a production of ''Remember This'' at the [[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: In 'Remember This' at Chicago Shakes, David Strathairn tells a devastating story of the man who warned the Allies of the Holocaust |date=November 5, 2021 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-remember-this-review-chicago-shakes-20211105-zm3n5mefazhopg6dfmpl3ylsb4-story.html |access-date=November 5, 2021 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

Strathairn narrated a biographical video to introduce [[Barack Obama]] before his acceptance speech at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>Greeley Tribune (2008). [http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080829/NEWS/108299989/1051/ENTERTAIN&parentprofile=-1 Obama uses language of hope, calls for action] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207074055/http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080829/NEWS/108299989/1051/ENTERTAIN%26parentprofile%3D-1 |date=December 7, 2008 }}. Retrieved August 29, 2008.</ref>